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STATEMENT OF INTENT 3

ARTISTIC CREDITS 4

MOURAD MERZOUKI’S PORTRAIT 5

TRAJECTORY OF COMPAGNIE KÄFIG 6

TOUR DATES 10

PRESS 14

EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES 15

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A The trigger for Correria and Agwa was an encounter: between Mourad Merzouki and 11 young dancers from Rio de Janeiro at the Lyon Dance Biennial in 2006.

The brasilians dancers had their roots in the favelas, and their individual stories struck a profound chord with the Company Käfig choreographer. All of them were driven by a passion for dance and a fervent determination to make something of their lives in reaching out to others.

The dancers dilute and mix without complex hip-hop, capoeira, samba, electronic music and bossa nova to bring a dance with amazing acrobatics, stuffed energy and invention...

The program is made up of two pieces :

CORRERIA : 30 minutesCorreria (running) plunges us into a frantic, hectic race just like the one that governs our daily lives. Bodies, movement and a show that takes your breath away!

AGWA : 30 minutesAgwa (water) is all about water, at once a vital component of our bodies, a precious - vital, even - natural resource to be economised and preserved, and a symbol of renewal.

Since the creation, CORRERIA AGWA was played 276 times in 145 cities and 17 countries.

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ARTISTIC CREDITS

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AMARTISTIC DIRECTION Mourad Merzouki

CORRERIA A 2010 Production

ChOREGRAphER Mourad Merzouki, with the collaboration of the dancersASSISTANT OF ThE ChOREOGRAphER Laurence PérezMuSICAL ARRANGEMENTS AS’NLIGhTING DESIGN Yoann TivoliSTAGE DESIGN Mourad Merzouki and Benjamin LebretonCOSTuME DESIGN Delphine CaposselaVIDEO Charles Carcopino

pRODuCTION Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne / Compagnie Käfig COpRODuCTION Espace Albert Camus de BronACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Studio de la Maison des Arts de Créteil

AGWA A 2008 Production

ChOREGRAphER Mourad MerzoukiASSISTANT OF ThE ChOREOGRAphER Kader BelmoktarMuSICAL DIRECTOR AS’NLIGhTING DESIGN Yoann TivoliSTAGE DESIGN Mourad Merzouki and Benjamin LebretonCOSTuME DESIGN Angèle Mignot

pRODuCTION Compagnie KäfigCOpRODuCTION Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, Espace Albert Camus de BronACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Nouveau Théâtre du 8ème – Lyon, du Centro Coreografico de Rio de Janeiro and the French Consulate at Rio de Janeiro

DANCERSDiego Alves Dos Santos known as Dieguinho, Leonardo Alves Moreira known as Leo, Eduardo Augusto Pires Hermanson, Cleiton Luiz Caetano De Oliveira, Helio Robson Dos Anjos Cavalcanti, Geovane Fidelis Da Conceição, Diego Gonçalves Do Nascimento Leitão known as White, Aldair Junior Machado Nogueira known as Al Franciss, Wanderlino Martins Neves known as Sorriso, Jose Amilton Rodrigues Junior known as Ze, Alexsandro Soares Campanha Da Silva known as Pitt

Sincere thanks to Guy Darmet, who made this encounter happen.

Suitable for children aged 7 and above.

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MOuRAD MERZOuKI

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Born in Lyon in 1973, Mourad Merzouki began practicing martial arts and circus arts as early as a seven-year-old. At the age of fifteen, he encountered hip-hop culture for the first time and through it, he discovered dance.

He quickly decided to develop this form of street art while also experimenting with other choreographic styles, particularly with Maryse Delente, Jean-François Duroure and Josef Nadj.

The wealth of his experiences fed his desire to direct artistic projects, blending hip-hop with other disciplines. In 1989 he, along with Kader Attou, Eric Mezino and Chaouki Saïd, created his first company ‘Accrorap’.

In 1994 the company performed Athina during Lyon’s Biennial Dance Festival; it was a triumph that brought street dance to the stage.

Merzouki’s travels have led him into unchartered territory, where dance can be a powerful means of communication. In order to develop his own artistic style and sensitivity, Merzouki established his own company, Käfig, in 1996.

In January 2006, Compagnie Käfig began a period of residence at Espace Albert Camus in Bron. The theatre became the venue of the Karavel Festival, created in 2007 under the leadership of Mourad Merzouki. The festival invites some 10 different hip-hop companies and other initiatives to the city.In parallel, Mourad Merzouki spearheaded the inception of a new center for choreographic creation and development: Pôle Pik opened its doors in Bron in 2009.In June 2009, Mourad Merzouki was appointed director of the Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne. He continues to develop his projects there, with an accent on openness to the world. In 18 years, the choreographer has created 23 shows and his company gives on average 150 performances per year around the world.

February 15, 2013 The City of Lyon is awarding Mourad Merzouki the Medal of the City.

July 14, 2012 Mourad Merzouki is named Knight of the Legion of Honour.

July 5, 2011 Mourad Merzouki is named Officer of Arts and Letters by the Minister of Culture and Communication.

June 2009 Mourad Merzouki is appointed director of the Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne.

February 19, 2008 Mourad Merzouki receives the 2008 Award Designers without Borders, awarded by the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Bernard Kouchner. The trophy is awarded each year to artists and personalities for their particularly remarkable actions throughout the world.

December 4, 2006 The newspaper Le Progrès and Tele Lyon Métropole organize an evening rewarding Lyon’s cultural players. Ten awards are given in ten artistic categories. Mourad Merzouki and the Compagnie Kafig receive the Lumières de la Culture Award in the Dance category.

June 12, 2006 Mourad Merzouki receives the Choreographic New Talent Award by the SACD. 2006 SACD winners include, among others, Gad Elmaleh, Julie Ferrier, Radu Miahaileanu, José Montalvo and Dominique Hervieu ...

July 14, 2004 Mourad Merzouki is made Knight of Arts and Letters by the Minister of Culture and Communication.

May 30, 2004 Mourad Merzouki receives the award for best young choreographer at the International Dance Festival at Wolfsburg, in Germany. Other winners include Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Tero Saarinen and Maurice Béjart.

From circus school to hip-hop dance...

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TRAJECTORY OF COMpAGNIE KÄFIG

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RYSince 1996, 23 creations were performed in more than 700 cities. In 18 years, the Compagnie Käfig gave over 2600 performances in 61 countries for more than 1 million people. 6 shows are currently on tour.

A major figure on the hip-hop scene since the early 1990s, choreographer Mourad Merzouki works at the junction of many different disciplines: to his exploration of all hip-hop styles, he adds circus, martial arts, fine arts and live music. Without loosing sight of hip-hop movement’s roots, of its social and geographical origins, this multidisciplinary approach opens up new horizons and reveals complete new outlooks.

His training is rooted in the circus school in St Priest, in Lyon’s eastern suburbs, which he Attended from the age of seven while also training in karate and boxing. Hip-hop came along when he was fifteen: he began dancing in the street, then moved on to choreography with Kader Attou, who would remain his associate from 1990 to 1994. During that time he was also learning from contemporary choreographers like Jean-François Duroure and Josef Nadj.

In 1994, recognition came with AThINA, a piece co-written with his first company, Accrorap. The project was backed by Guy Darmet’s Maison de la Danse in Lyon, which has subsequently supported all his new productions.

Mourad’s first fully independent work, KÄFIG, was performed at the Rencontres Urbaines de la Villette in Paris. Käfig means “cage” in Arabic and German and becomes the name of the dance company. It points to the choreographer’s receptivity and openness and his refusal to become locked into a single style.

On a deck surrounded by a net, a hip-hop dancer and a contemporary performer challenge each other in order to improve their dialogue. The message is clear: hip-hop is extending its territory without losing itself. The Maison de la Danse of Lyon, directed by Guy Darmet, supported the project and since then, collaborated with most of Mourad Merzouki’s new productions.

Two years later RÉCITAL, an unusual dialogue between six dancers, a musician and the image of a classical concert, launches the Compagnie Käfig’s style. Mourad hangs a bunch of violins over the stage and choreographs the unlikely members of an orchestra. An international tour (40 countries) will bring worldwide fame to the Käfig Company.

Teaming up with South African choreographer Jay Pather in 2000, he creates pAS A pAS, an explosive mix of traditional Zulu dances and hip-hop.

In 2001, DIX VERSIONS, also created at Lyon’s Maison de la Danse, outlines the hip-hop singularity of seven performers, including New York’s dancer Klown. The piece is to be performed at the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Festival in Berkshire, USA. DIX VERSIONS highlights hip-hop writing and acrobatics with circles of lights that isolate each dancer in his artistic originality, whether inspired by acrobatic or martial arts. The show is embedded in an off-beat plastic environment. Geometric objects are moved around the space by the dancers in a lively game of forms and energies. DIX VERSIONS confirms Mourad Merzoukis aesthetics.

In 2002, he signed «A Fable to La Fontaine» LE ChENE ET LE ROSEAu, aimed at a young audience, part of the project led by La Petite Fabrique - Annie Sellem.

For the Year of Algeria in France in 2003, he created MEKECh MOuChKIN - Y’A pAS DE pROBLÈME (No Problem!) with dancers from Algiers.

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RYIn 2004, CORpS EST GRAphIQuE, the result of a period of residence at the Maison de la Danse of Lyon, supported by BNP Paribas Foundation, was performed with an equal number of male and female dancers. A kind of lightness travels from one dancer to another as they revisit the codes of seduction using large puppets. A sense of humor rarely found in hip-hop is revealed.

In January 2006, TERRAIN VAGuE, set in a fantasized no-man’s-land, looks into the choreographer’s childhood and personal journey. For the first time, Mourad Merzouki tells a story. In a fun, colorful space of all possibilities, hip-hop dancers, theatre and circus artists challenge each other with audacity and virtuosity. An eclectic show for a visual, sensory, choreographic and musical journey, bursting with energy.

With TRICÔTÉ, in 2008, Mourad Merzouki takes the audience behind the scenes as the company began a residency at the Espace des Arts de Chalon-sur-Saône. Set to the music of the troupe’s faithful collaborator AS’N, this piece offers to all audiences a look at the creation process of a new work, from auditions through to performances.

For the 2008 Biennale de la Danse in Lyon, Mourad Merzouki, as a “guest artist”, performs AGWA, a creation featuring 11 Brazilian dancers. AGWA is all about water, at once a vital component of our bodies, a precious – vital, even – natural resource to be preserved and used with care and a symbol of renewal.

For the 2008 edition, he directed the Parade of the Lyon Biennial Festival of Dance, a major event bringing together choreographers and local associations: LES pOINTILLÉS drew a connecting line between the 18 cities participating in the parade on the theme “Legends of the Future.” Mourad Merzouki was also artistic director for the third time of Bron’s participation in the event.

Between January 2006 and June 2009, Compagnie Käfig was in residence at Espace Albert Camus in Bron. The theatre became the venue of the Karavel festival, created in 2007 under the leadership of Mourad Merzouki. The festival invites some 20 different hip-hop companies and other initiatives to the city.

In 2009, pôle pik, a new place of creation and choreographic development dedicated to hip-pop dance opened its doors in Bron, in Lyon’s eastern suburb. This new place, whose creation has been supported for almost ten years by Mourad Merzouki, who is now the director, allows to keep spreading hip-hop dance and to develop its promotion, opening it to other art languages.

The project is articulated around three axis: to support choreographic creation and spread; to pass down and train non-professionals and professionals where “Kampus” is the key project; to combine in a synergic way artistic teams and an area around the hip-hop culture.

In June 2009, Mourad Merzouki was appointed director of the Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne. Here, he has developed a project called “Dance: a window on the world”, with an accent on openness. Alongside this project, he continues to create and show his works, to provide training and raise awareness about hip-hop dance, and to organize unique encounters to promote access to the choreographic arts and to support independent dance groups.

In 2010, Mourad Merzouki creates CORRERIA, a second part presented jointly with AGWA, which takes the viewer into a thrilling, frantic race, like the one that paces our lives. The show tours the world : Japan, Korea, Canada, Unites-States, Europe, Australia…

The same year, the choreographer presents BOXE BOXE, a creation that gives him the opportunity to reconnect with martial arts, his initial training. This piece is also the opportunity to explore new areas of research by surrounding himself with the Debussy String Quartet. Presented at Lyon’s 14th Biennale de la Danse in September 2010, this new show receives a warm welcome from the audience and the professionals.

In March 2011, under the prestigious ‘‘Friday evening events’’ at the Louvre museum, the Centre Chorégraphique de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne / Compagnie Käfig is involved in this artistic event under the thematic: the “Fight” evenings. On that occasion, Mourad Merzouki imagines choreographic works based on BOXE BOXE and that echo the sculptures of the museum.

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RYIn 2012, two new works are added to the repertory:

YO GEE TI, a Franco-Taiwanese work developed in collaboration with the National Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural Center, is presented in March 2012 in Taipei and has its European premiere in June 2012 at the Montpellier Festival of Dance, where Mourad Merzouki has been appointed associate artist.

KÄFIG BRASIL: this work premieres at the Montpellier Festival of Dance and marks the return of Brazilian dancers from CORRERIA AGWA. For this creation, Mourad Merzouki invites several French and Brazilian choreographers to collaborate in an atmosphere of shared artistic friendship.

On June 1st, 2012, he will take on the works of the Lyon Museum of Fine Arts, in a new experience.

In September 2012, Mourad Merzouki, alongside Dominique Hervieu, will be co-artistic director of the Biennale de la Danse’s Parade in Lyon.

2013 brought the first edition of the KALYpSO Festival in Ile-de-France, which is an authentic showcase of contemporary choreographic creations. The Festival hosts about twenty companies in several places of the Ile-de-France region and attracts a broad audience around many encounters, workshops, master-classes, battles, etc.

In 2014, Mourad Merzouki finds his way back to creation through the pIXEL project. For this show, the choreographer liaises with Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne from the AMCB Company and focuses on digital arts. Using light projections that accompany dancers’ motion, the purpose is to strike a subtle balance between the real and the virtual world, between energy and poetry, fiction and technical achievement to create a show at the crossroads of arts.

The Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil acts as an active member of the 7Steps street dance European network, which encourages a common reflection on new stakes for hip-hop. A choreographic creation bringing together ten dancers from participating countries is expected in October 2014 under the artistic direction of Mourad Merzouki.

2014 will also bring a renewed success for the piece RÉCITAL :

- While he is in residence in New Delhi, Mourad Merzouki passes down the piece to Indian dancers;

- 150 young people from Créteil takes over the piece all long the year to present their work in June 2014 during the Créteil participative event named “Jour de Fête”;

- The artwork, which was once again put on for 40 dancers during the 2012 Lyon Dance Biennial, is on tour in several French cities, as part of the “Kampus” project implemented by Pôle Pik;

- A notation system project using Labanotation is engaged on the piece: RECITAL is the first hip-hop artwork being the subject of a notation.

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Alongside his creations, Mourad Merzouki is invited to collaborate with other artists in France and abroad, thus contributing to the international reputation of the Käfig Company.

In 1997, he works with Josette Baïz and the company “Place Blanche” on the piece RENDEZ-VOuS, a choreography with four modern dancers.

In 1998 he directs the cork of eight actors and four dancers in LE CABARET uRBAIN.

Claudia Stavisky, the artistic director of Lyon’s Théâtre des Célestins invites him in 2004 to direct LA CuISINE by Arnold Wesker and, in 2005, L’ÂGE D’OR (The Golden Age) by Georges Feydeau.

On the film side, in 2004, he collaborates to Marc Jolivet’s first feature film, CONCOuRS DE DANSE A pIRIAC, working on all the dance scenes, choreographing actors of all ages such as Ginette Garcin.

In 2007, he also works on LES QuATRE SAISONS, directing the skating duo Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat.

In 2009, he adapted RÉCITAL for the Beijing Modern Dance Company’s dancers.

The same year, Mourad Merzouki co-directs with Jeannot Painchaud the piece iD., the Cirque Eloize’s latest production, whose world premiere was given at Incheon in Korea.

Meanwhile, he creates DES ChAuSSÉES for the dancers of the Junior Contemporary Ballet of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse in Paris.

In January 2012, at the invitation of Olivier Meyer, he created a work to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Suresnes Cités Dance Festival: with Kader Attou, Sébastien Lefrançois and José Montalvo, he participated in creating a choral work, inspired by the energy of BOXE BOXE.

At the end of 2013, Mourad Merzouki liaises with the Norma Claire company during the 9th “Rencontres de danses métisses” Festival in French Guiana, to set up creation and transmission workshops to young traditional Native American dancers from the Awala-Yalimapo village.

ThE ShOWS ON VIDEOVideo e xcerpts of the pieces as well as documentaries on Mourad Merzouki’s work are available on CCN’s collection on Numeridanse (international online dance video library) website:http://www.numeridanse.tv/en/collections/53

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November 14 France | Aubervilliers - L’Embarcadère November 20 France | Saumur - Théâtre November 28 to 30 France | Sceaux - Les Gémeaux, Scène nationale February 26 uSA | West Lafayette - Purdue University / Purdue ConvocationsFebruary 28 uSA | Atlanta - Rialto Center For The Performing Arts - Georgia State University March 4 uSA | Richmond - Alice Jepson Theatre - Modlin Center for the ArtsMarch 7 uSA| Cleveland - PlayhouseSquare - Ohio TheatreMarch 10 uSA | Minneapolis - Northrop Memorial Auditorium - University of MinnesotaMarch 18 uSA | Omaha - Orpheum Theatre - Omaha Center for the Performing Arts March 21 uSA | purchase - Performing Arts Center - Purchase College March 25 uSA | Gainesville - Phillips Center - University of Florida Performing Arts April 7 uSA | Irvine - Barclay TheatreApril 17 uSA | houston - Cullen Theater - Wortham Theater Center April 24 to 25 uSA | Saint-Louis - Touhill, Performing Arts Center - Dance St. Louis

2013-2014 SEASON

November 14 and 15 France I Le Mans - L’Espal, scène conventionnéeNovember 16 France I Alfortville - Le Pôle Culturel January 10 and 11 uSA | Scottsdale, Scottsdale Center for the Arts January 15 uSA | San Diego, Mandeville Auditorium January 17 and 18 uSA | Tucson, UA Presents January 22 and 23 uSA | Fayetteville, Walton Arts Center January 26 uSA | Bethlehem, Zoellner Arts Center January 29 uSA | Erie, Mercyhurst College February 1st uSA | pittsburgh, Byham Theatre, Pittsburgh Cultural TrustFebruary 4 uSA | State College, Center for the Performing Arts Penn StateFebruary 7 to 9 uSA | Boston, Citi Shubert Theatre , Celebrity SeriesFebruary 11 uSA | portland (Maine), Westbrook Performing Arts Center February 14 and 15 uSA | Ann Arbor, University Musical Society February 22 to 22 uSA | Chicago, Dance Center of Columbia College February 25 and 26 uSA | Chapel hill, Carolina Performing Arts Memorial Hall February 28 to March 1st uSA | Washington, Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Auditorium

2012-2013 SEASON

August 15-19 uSA I Becket - Ted Shawn Theatre - Jacob’s Pillow Dance FestivalAug. 29 - Sept. 2nd Australia I Sydney - Sydney Opera House - Spring Dance FestivalOctober 24 Germany I Lörrach - BurghofOctober 26-27 Germany I Frankfurt - Frankfurt Lab – Festival Cultural DaysDecember 5-6 Brazil I Sao paulo - Panorama SESIJanuary 23-24 Belgium I Bruxelles - WolubilisFeb. 26 to March 2nd Israel I herzliya - Performing Arts Center

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SMarch 4 Israel I Beer Sheva - Performing Arts CenterMarch 5 Israel I haifa - Auditorium, Rapaport HallMarch 6 Israel I Jerusalem - Jerusalem TheaterMarch 16 Italy I Israël Gorizia - Teatro VerdiApril 4 France I Arques - Centre Culturel Daniel BalavoineApril 12 France I Les ulis - Espace Culturel Boris VianMay 2nd Colombia I Bogota - Teatro Jorge Eliecer GaitanMay 8 Colombia I Cali - Biennale de la DanseMay 17-19 Mexico I Guadalajara - Festival de Mayo May 24-26 uSA I Charleston - Spoleto Festival June 21-22 uSA I New haven - International Festival of Arts and Ideas June 26-30 uSA I Becket - Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

2011-2012 SEASON

August 5-7 Japan I Yokohama - KAAT FestivalSeptember 8-10 Ecuador I Quito - Teatro Nacional SucreOctober 13 France I Cognac - L’Avant-ScèneOctober 14 France I Vannes - Théâtre Anne de Bretagne October 17 France I Bron - Pôle PikOctober 20-21 France I Vélizy - L’OndeOctober 22-23 France I Clamart - Théâtre Jean Arp November 3-4 uSA I New York - Fall for DanceApril 10 Québec - Grand Théâtre de QuébecApril 12-14 Québec I Montréal - Théâtre Maison Neuve, Danse DanseApril 17 Québec I L’Assomption - Théâtre Hector CharlandApril 19-20 Canada I Ottawa - National Arts Centre April 21 Canada I Kingston - The Grand TheatreApril 24 Québec I Sherbrooke - Centre Culturel de l’Université de Sherbrooke April 26 Canada I Burlington - Burlington Performing Art Centre May 2-5 Canada I Toronto - Harbourtfront Center May 9 uSA I portland, Oregon - White Bird May 12 Canada I Banff - The Banff Theater May 30 Korea I Jinju - Grand TheatreI June 2-3 Korea I Séoul - LG CentreJune 5 Korea I Busan - Haneulyeon Theatre

2010-2011 SEASON

November 17 Canada I Montreal - Cinars February 1st France I Compiègne - Espace Jean Legendre February 3 France I Le perreux - Centre des Bords de Marne February 4 France I Théâtre de Sartrouville - CDN February 5 France I Yzeure - Théâtre d’YzeureFebruary 8-10 France I Villefontaine - Le CAPIFebruary 11 France I Chevilly-Larue - Centre Culturel de Chevilly-LarueFebruary 12 France I Château Arnoux - Saint Auban - Théâtre DuranceFebruary 15 Switzerland I Villars sur Glane - Nuithonie February 18 -19 France I Calais - Le Channel Scène Nationale February 23 France I Abbville - Théâtre d’Abbville

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SFebruary 27 Italy I Civitanova Marche - Teatro Rossini March 1st Italy I Vincenza - Teatro Comunale March 2nd Italy I Trévise - Teatro Comunale March 4-6 France I Sceaux - Les Gémeaux March 8 France I Nanterre - Maison de la Musique March 10 France I Langon - Les Carmes March 12 France I Rueil Malmaison -Théâtre André Malraux March 15 France I Chalon sur Saône - Espace des Arts March 18 France I Douai - L’Hippodrome March 19 France I Choisy-le-Roi - Biennale de la Danse du Val-de-MarneMarch 21 France I Beauvais - Théâtre du Beauvaisis March 22 France I Saint-Ouen - Espace 1789 March 25 France I Narbonne - Le Théâtre March 26 France I Saint Michel sur Orge - Espace Marcel Carné March 29 France I Brest - Le Quartz, Scène Nationale April 1st France I pantin - Salle Jacques Brel April 2nd France I Sainte Maxime - Le Carré April 5-6 France I Villefranche sur Saône - Théâtre de Villefranche

2009-2010 SEASON

January 20-24 France I Bron – Espace Albert CamusJanuary 26-27 France I Montpellier – Opéra ComédieJanuary 29-31 France I Suresnes – Théâtre Jean VilarFebruary 2-4 France I Grasse – Le ThéâtreFebruary 6-14 France I Lyon – Maison de la DanseFebruary 18 Switzerland I pully - L’OctogoneFebruary 20 Spain I Bilbao – Euskalduna Music and Congress Palace February 23-25 France I Rouen - Théâtre Duchamp-Villon February 27 Italy I Ferrara - Teatro Comunale February 28 Italy I Cremona – Teatro Ponchielli March 02 Italy I Trento - Teatro SocialeMarch 04 France I Forbach - Le Carreau March 05 France I Nancy - Ensemble Poirel March 06 France I Belley - L’Intégral March 09 France I Bergerac - Centre Culturel March 11 France I périgueux - L’Odyssée March 13 France I Noisy-le-Sec - Théâtre des Bergeries March 15 France I Cusset – Théâtre March 17 France I Saint Quentin - Théâtre Jean Vilar March 19-20 France I Saint Quentin en Yvelines – Théâtre March 23 France I Maubeuge - Le Manège March 24-27 France I paris - Théâtre National de Chaillot March 29 France I Draguignan - Théâtres en DracénieMarch 30 France I Istres - Théâtre de l’OlivierApril 1st France I Martigues - Théâtre des Salins April 07 France I Alençon - Scène Nationale 61April 09 France I Mende - ThéâtreApril 10 France I Tarare - ThéâtreApril 13-17 France I Créteil - Maison des ArtsApril 20 France I Romans - Théâtre les CordeliersApril 22-25 Spain I Barcelone - Teatro Mercat de les Flors

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SApril 27 France I Albertville - Le DômeApril 29-30 France I privas – ThéâtreMay 04 France I Arcachon - Théâtre OlympiaMay 06 France I Le Bouscat - Ermitage – CompostelleMay 07 France I Oyonnax - Centre Culturel AragonMay 08 France I Annecy – Bonlieu Scène NationaleMay 10 France I Mâcon – Le Théâtre Scène NationaleMay 11-12 France I Thonon les Bains – Maison des ArtsMay 15-16 France I Montpellier – Festival SaperlipopetteMay 18-19 France I Meylan - L’HexagoneMay 21 France I pau – ZénithMay 23 France I Bayonne - Scène NationaleMay 26 France I St Médard en Jalles - Le Carré des JallesMay 29 France I La Défense – Festival Seine de DanseMay 31 Germany I Wiesbaden – Hessisches StaatstheaterJune 2-3 Roumania I Bucarest – Théâtre Bulandra

2008-2009 SEASON

September 7-12 France I Lyon - Théâtre des CélestinsSeptember 16-18 France I Bron - Espace Albert CamusSeptember 20 France I Biarritz - Palais des Arts

Since the creation, CORRERIA AGWA was played276 times in 145 cities and 17 countries

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S“This is raw energy, that’s what you’d expect from hip-hop. Shirts on or off, this is what dance is all about and definitely not to be missed.”

Ingrid Piper, Daily Telegraph, Sydney, August 31st, 2012

“This elixir de la danse”, though billed as a hip-hop company, defies easy categorization. […] The Käfigers articulate the standards of hip-hop’s vocabulary, but they do so within a larger contexte of dances that have content and flow, theatricality and beauty.”

Janine Parker, the Boston Globe, August 18, 2012

”A piece for eleven dancers that’s as aquatic as its title suggests. Agwa combines the eco-political with the poetico-organic, cascading from one image to another in a sweeping exploration of what water’s about.”

Le Monde, September 8, 2008

“The young Brazilians were a sensation at the Théâtre des Célestins. Their Agwa is pure champagne.”Le Progrès, September 8, 2008

« A Brazilian tsunami. Can you drown in a glass of water? The answer is yes.... At the end of Agwa you’re on your feet smiling, and clapping so hard you’re soaked ».

Lyon Mag, Septembre 10, 2008

« A host of styles, physiques and characters that come together as a single body. A tremendous, collective body that says, « I live, I give, I dance ».

Tribune de Lyon, Septembre 11, 2008

« Mourad Merzouki’s Agwa, for the Brazilians, sent the audience wild. A single prop – plastic cups – and a thousand ideas. Merzouki-style hip-hop is on intimate terms with grace, and Lyon’s venerable Théâtre des Célestins is still trembling from the impact. ».

Les Echos, Septembre 19, 2008

« Agwa embodies all the unfettered energy of these young dancers from the favelas. A few plastic cups turn the stage into a minefield where only lots of talent can get you through unscathed.»

Libération, Septembre 20, 2008

« Something truly new: Correria is the race that never ends, the race that began when the world began, the race to live, to survive, to escape from yourself or get back to yourself… Feet stamping time, legs gyrating, arms plunging through the air to music that is mechanical, metallic, hypnotic… Prolifically acrobatic dancers and graceful, elegant hip-hop.»

www.radiopluriel.fr, January 21, 2010

«The best hip-hop show of the last 10 years!»FigaroScope, March 16, 2011

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EDuCATIONAL INITIATIVES

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NOther than its main goal, which is to create, the Creteil and Val-de-Marne CNN / the Käfig Company ensure that each performance is accompanied by a promotional project to perpetuate and encourage hip-hop, through training, for example. Above all, this initiative is a way of sharing and involving the host city. That is why the CNN is envisaging workshops and meetings in partnership with theatrer and local dancers, whether amateur or professional, dance students or members of a company.

ChOREOGRAphY WORKShOpS AND MASTER CLASSESThe nature of what the CNN does enables it to address and adapt various different styles and techniques of hip-hop dance according to its audiences. The practical workshops are open to all, from beginners to experienced dancers, as long as the groups are of the same level (between 4-6 hours for a group of 20 people per tutor maximum).The master classes address a particular hip-hop style or technique. They are open to artists, dancers, experienced amateurs, semi-professionals and professionals (2 to 4 hours per day, for a maximum of 15 people per tutor).

DANCE MARAThON MEETINGSThe Dance Marathon is offered to academic establishments and is a great opportunity to exchange and share knowledge. Dancers come into schools to tell students about being a dancer, to explain the creative process involved in putting a performance together, going on tour etc. They also perform a short demonstration of hip-hop dance and get the students dancing. These meetings last approximately 30 minutes before the dancer moves onto another class. The students prepare questions before the dancer’s visit. No other preparation is necessary.

puBLIC REhEARSALSome rehearsals are open to the public. Public rehearsals represent a privileged moment between the audience and the dancers as well as offering a unique way to discover the piece. These open rehearsals generally take place on the day of the performance in the afternoon.

STAGE SIDE MEETINGSThe performances may be followed by an exchange between the public and the dancers, who are happy to answer questions and discuss their work. Topics of discussion include: the creative process, the relationship between various artistic forms, the dancers’ career paths, and the production and tours.

FILM pROJECTIONSSeveral documentaries have been made about Compagnie Käfig and Mourad Merzouki and may be offered in addition to the performance. Film projections may also be followed by a meeting with the choreographer or the dancers:

Pa Gen Problem / film by Pierre-Olivier Pradinaud: 2009, 50 minDans les temps, défilé de la Biennale de Lyon / by the Maison de quartier des Genêts: 2008, 40 min Rio, Gravité Zéro / film by Cathie Levy: 2008, 42 minLes lumières de la ville, défilé de la Biennale de Lyon / by Association Yobo: 2006, 40 min Faux Bond / film de Agnès Guillaume : 2003, 52 minLa Danse aux poings / film by Mohamed Athamna: 2011, 52 minFaux Bond / film by Agnès Guillaume: 2003, 52 minLa Danse aux poings / film by Mohamed Athamna: 2011, 52 min

CONTACTCécile Beretta / Noura Sairourdiffusion@ccncreteil.com

CENTRE ChORÉGRAphIQuE NATIONAL DE CRÉTEIL ET Du VAL-DE-MARNE / COMpAGNIE KÄFIGDirector : Mourad MERZOuKI

c/o Maison des Arts de CréteilPlace Salvador Allende

F - 94 000 Créteil - FRANCETél : +33 (0)1 56 71 13 20Fax : +33 (0)1 56 71 13 22

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Marie ChÉNARDProducer and Tour Booker

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Email : production@ccncreteil.com

Cécile BERETTA / Noura SAIROuRTour Manager

Tél : +33 (0)1 71 33 03 36Email : diffusion@ccncreteil.com

The Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne / Compagnie Käfig is funded by the Ile-de-France Regional Cultural Affairs Office - Ministry of Culture and Communication, the Val-de-Marne Department and the City of Créteil.

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